KR100601875B1 - System and method for providing a personalized graphical user interface of a mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for allowing a user of a mobile communication terminal to receive a GUI (Graphical User Interface) of a personalized mobile communication terminal.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, including an item indicating a context of a user used to change a GUI of a mobile communication terminal according to a user's personalities and preferences, a value for items indicating the user's context and a personalization A personalization variable database for storing variables; An interface information database for storing a plurality of interface elements for updating the GUI of the mobile communication terminal; A user information analyzer for determining personalization variables for items related to interface changes using the user information collected in advance and storing the personalization parameters in a personalization variable database; An interface information processing unit for selecting a reference item for changing an interface and determining interface element combination information to be changed by referring to the interface information database based on a personalization variable for the selected item; And interface change information for changing the GUI of the mobile communication terminal according to the interface element combination information to the mobile communication terminal. The GUI providing system collects and monitors the user's information, A personalized GUI may be actively provided to the mobile communication terminal to access a wide range of graphic environments.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing a personalized graphical user interface of a mobile communication terminal,             

1 is a view for explaining a mobile communication network to which a system for providing a graphical user interface according to the present invention is applied;

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention,

3 is a detailed block diagram of a system for providing a graphical user interface according to the present invention,

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for updating a graphical user interface according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

10: mobile communication terminal 30: mobile communication network

50: GUI providing system 101: Mobile communication terminal controller

103: input unit 105: memory

107: wireless communication unit 109: display unit

111: Interface information processing unit 113: Interface element storage unit

501: GUI control unit 503: User information collection unit

505: User information analysis unit 507: Interface information processing unit

509: Interface change execution unit 511: Database

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI), and more particularly, to a system and method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) The present invention relates to a system and a method for receiving a GUI of a personalized mobile communication terminal according to information.

As the number of users of mobile communication terminals increases and the technology develops, mobile communication terminal users desire to have their own unique mobile communication terminals that match their personality and taste. Accordingly, mobile communication terminal users are tuning variously by using various materials such as changing the color of a mobile communication terminal body and attaching an accessory.

However, the tuning of a general mobile communication terminal only modifies the external shape of the mobile communication terminal, and the user interface of the mobile communication terminal is simple and uniform as it is provided by the mobile communication terminal manufacturer. In addition, such a user interface is designed to utilize a minimum amount of graphics and sound resources due to limitations of storage capacity, processing speed, and computation capacity of the mobile communication terminal, failing to meet various needs of the user of the mobile communication terminal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal which can reduce the dependence of the GUI of the mobile communication terminal itself, There is a technical problem that a GUI providing system and method for providing a personalized GUI to a mobile communication terminal in accordance with context information of a user such as an intimacy can be provided to a wide range of graphic environment.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) change service of a mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal being connected to a mobile communication network, A personalization variable database storing an item indicating a context of a user to be used, a personalization variable indicating a value of items representing the user's context and a user's preference; An interface information database for storing a plurality of interface elements for updating the GUI of the mobile communication terminal; A user information analyzer for determining personalization variables for items related to interface changes using the user information collected in advance and storing the personalization parameters in a personalization variable database; An interface information processing unit for selecting a reference item for changing an interface and determining interface element combination information to be changed by referring to the interface information database based on a personalization variable for the selected item; And interface change information for changing the GUI of the mobile communication terminal according to the interface element combination information to the mobile communication terminal.

The present invention also provides a mobile communication terminal having a wireless communication unit and a control unit, an input unit, a memory, and a display unit connected to a GUI providing system through a mobile communication network, comprising: an interface element storage unit for storing interface elements constituting a GUI; And an interface information processing unit for updating the GUI according to the received interface change information when the interface change information is received from the GUI providing system through the wireless communication unit.

Further, the present invention provides a method for providing a GUI to a mobile communication terminal, the GUI providing system being connected to a mobile communication network and having a terminal interface element database, the method comprising the steps of: A first step of determining interface element combination information according to the interface element combination information; A second step of extracting an interface element to be transmitted from the interface information database to the terminal according to the interface element combination information; And a third step of the interface change executor sending interface change information including the extracted interface element to the mobile communication terminal so that the mobile communication terminal updates the GUI.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view for explaining a mobile communication network to which a graphical user interface providing system according to the present invention is applied.

As shown in the figure, the mobile communication terminal 10 has a wireless Internet access function and is connected to the user interface providing system 50 through the mobile communication network 30.

Although not shown, the mobile communication network 30 includes a base station supporting wireless area communication with the mobile communication terminal 10 and a mobile switching center (MSC) 20 connected to the plurality of base stations for performing call exchange, A Home Location Register (HLR) connected to an exchange, a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), and a Packet Data Service A Serving Node (PDSN), and a data core network (DCN) for supporting connection between the packet data service node and the Internet.

The GUI providing system 50 may provide a personalized graphical user interface (GUI) in accordance with user context information such as anniversary, birthday, user's preference, mood, and friend's intimacy in order to grasp the personality and taste of the user of the mobile communication terminal A call back URL SMS, a user's input of information using a wired / wireless Internet, and a query / response through a message transmission / reception with the system, in order to actively provide a graphical user interface (GUI) The mobile communication terminal collects the user information using at least one of the interactive interfaces installed in the mobile communication terminal and continuously monitors the information of the user to determine whether it is time to change the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10. [

The interactive interface installed in the user's mobile communication terminal for inquiry / response through message transmission / reception with the system is, for example, a character interface service, and the user downloads a character having personality and personality to the mobile communication terminal , To talk to the user according to their nature, and to collect the information available to the service. For example, when a character gives a user a question such as "How are you feeling today" or "When is your birthday?" On the screen of the mobile communication terminal, the user's taste, feelings, .

On the other hand, a method for confirming whether or not the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 is to be changed is a method for confirming whether the GUI providing system 50 has a GUI management period and a preset interface element management period, The user context information is compared with the stored user context information to determine whether the user's context has been changed.

In a case where the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 is to be changed, the interface element combination information is determined according to the personalization variable of the user of the mobile communication terminal to be changed, Extracts an interface element to be transmitted to the terminal from the information database 517 and transmits the interface change information including the extracted interface element to the mobile communication terminal 10 so that the mobile communication terminal 10 updates the GUI.

At this time, the personalization variable is a value indicating the user's context and a value indicating the user's preference used to change the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 according to the user's individuality and taste, It is used to determine level and determine interface element combination information.

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

The mobile communication terminal 10 includes a control unit 101 for controlling the mobile communication terminal 10, an input unit 103 for receiving a user's input signal, a memory 105 for storing various data, A display unit 109 for displaying event information and a GUI of the mobile communication terminal, an interface information processing unit 111 for processing the GUI according to the user interface change information, and an interface And an interface element storage unit 113 for storing elements.

When the mobile communication terminal 10 receives the user information request information provided by the GUI providing system 50 through the wireless communication unit 107, the mobile communication terminal 10 displays the question included in the received user information request information through the display unit 109 do. When the user responds to the inquiry through the input unit 103, the information of the user is transmitted to the GUI providing system 50 through the wireless communication unit 107.

When the interface change information and the interface element are received from the GUI providing system 50 through the wireless communication unit 107, the interface information processing unit 111 receives the interface change information and the interface element from the GUI providing system 50, And the interface element of the interface element storage unit 113 is combined to update the GUI.

At this time, the interface change information includes at least one of an economizer signal of an installed element of the mobile communication terminal 10 and an interface element not installed in the mobile communication terminal 10, The interface information processing unit 111 updates the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 using the installed interface element if the interface control unit 110 is a change control signal of the interface element installed in the interface element storage unit 113 of the terminal, Is an interface element not installed in the mobile communication terminal 10, the GUI is updated using the interface element downloaded from the interface information processing unit 111. [ If the interface change information includes both the change control signal and the interface element, the GUI is updated by combining the received interface element and the interface element of the interface element storage unit 113 of the mobile communication terminal.

3 is a detailed block diagram of a system for providing a graphical user interface according to the present invention.

As shown, the GUI providing system 50 includes a control unit 501, a user information collecting unit 503, a user information analyzing unit 505, an interface information processing unit 507, an interface change executing unit 509, 511). The database 511 includes a personalization variable database 513, a terminal interface element information database 515, an interface information database 513, and a user interface information database 513. The user information collection unit 503 includes a schedule management unit, an affinity management unit, And an interface information database 517. The interface information database 517 includes a background database, an animation database, an icon database, and a widget database.

In order to provide a personalized GUI, the user information collecting unit 503 collects user context information such as anniversary, birthday, user's preference, mood, and friend's intimacy, etc. in order to grasp the personality and taste of the user, / Interactive interface installed in the user's mobile communication terminal 10 for inquiry / inquiry through input / output of user's information using the wireless Internet and message transmission / reception with the system, And stores it in the variable database 513.

The user information analyzer 505 determines personalization variables for the items related to the interface change using the user information collected in advance and stores the personalization parameters in the personalization variable database 513.

The interface information processing unit 507 selects a reference item for changing the interface and determines the interface element combination information to be changed by referring to the interface information database 517 based on the personalization variable for the selected item. Also, the interface element combination information according to the personalization variable is determined for each preset interface element management period.

The interface change execution unit 509 transmits interface change information for changing the GUI of the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal according to the interface element combination information. At this time, the interface change information transmitted by the interface change execution unit transmits the interface change information by using a communication method such as SMS, MMS, wireless Internet or the like according to the amount or type of data.

The personalization variable database 513 is used to change the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 according to the information of the user collected using a method such as SMS, wired / wireless internet, An item indicating the context of the user, a value for the item indicating the context of the user, and a personalization variable indicating the preference of the user.

The terminal interface element information database 515 stores the information of the interface element in the interface element storage unit 113 of the mobile communication terminal 10 so that the interface element of the mobile communication terminal 10 can easily be checked in the GUI providing system 50 .

The interface information database 517 stores backgrounds, animations, icons, and widgets, which are a plurality of interface elements for updating the GUI of the mobile communication terminal.

At this time, the widget is a graphical element related to a system of a mobile communication terminal such as a font, a scroll, and a button.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for updating a graphical user interface according to the present invention.

The GUI providing system 50 monitors the information of the user of the mobile communication terminal 10 and confirms whether or not it is time to change the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 (S201). When the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 is to be changed, The interface element combination information is determined according to the personalization variable of the user of the mobile communication terminal that is the target (S203).

At this time, the confirmation of whether or not the GUI of the mobile communication terminal is to be changed can be confirmed by comparing the method of confirming whether the interface information processing unit 507 is a preset interface element management cycle and the user context information stored in the personalization variable database 513 And confirms whether or not it is time to change the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 by checking whether the user's context has been changed.

The interface information processing unit 507 extracts an interface element to be transmitted from the interface information database 517 to the mobile communication terminal 10 according to the interface element combination information in step S205, (S207), and transmits a message asking the user of the mobile communication terminal 10 to confirm whether to change the GUI of the mobile communication terminal 10 (S209).

The communication method for transmitting the extracted interface element and the interface change information to the mobile communication terminal may be a communication method such as SMS, MMS, and wireless Internet according to the amount or type of interface element and interface change information to be transmitted have.

Thereafter, when the user's confirmation is completed and all the conditions for changing the GUI to the user are satisfied, the interface change execution unit 509 updates the interface element and the interface element combination information so that the mobile communication terminal updates the GUI To the mobile communication terminal (S211) and updates the GUI of the mobile communication terminal.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

As described above, according to the system and method that can provide the personalized GUI to the user of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention, the GUI providing system collects and monitors the user's information and personalizes it according to the user's personality, preference, The GUI is actively provided to the mobile communication terminal so that the user can access a wide range of graphic environment.

Claims (13)

A system for providing a personalized graphical user interface (GUI) change service of a mobile communication terminal, the system being connected to a mobile communication network, A personalization variable for storing a personalization variable indicating a user's preference and a value for an item indicating a context of the user; Database; An interface information database for storing a plurality of interface elements for updating the GUI of the mobile communication terminal; A user information analyzer for determining personalization variables for items related to interface changes using the user information collected in advance and storing the personalization parameters in a personalization variable database; An interface information processing unit for selecting a reference item for changing an interface and determining interface element combination information to be changed by referring to the interface information database based on a personalization variable for the selected item; And An interface change execution unit that transmits interface change information for changing the GUI of the mobile communication terminal according to the interface element combination information to the mobile communication terminal; And providing the personalized GUI to the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1, In order to provide a personalized GUI, the personalized GUI providing system includes user information for collecting context information of at least one of anniversary, birthday, user's preference, mood, Wherein the personalized GUI providing system further comprises a collecting unit. 3. The method of claim 2, The user information collection unit may include at least one of an interactive interface installed in the user's mobile communication terminal for inquiry / response via a Call Back URL SMS, a user's information input using a wired / wireless Internet, and a message transmission / And collects the user information using the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the interface information processing unit determines interface element combination information according to a personalization variable for each preset interface element management cycle. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the personalized GUI providing system includes a terminal interface element database, The interface information processing unit determines the interface element combination information to be changed by referring to the terminal interface element database and the interface information database. The interface change execution unit receives the change control signal of the interface element of the mobile communication terminal, And transmits interface change information including at least one of interface elements not installed in the terminal to the personalized GUI providing system of the mobile communication terminal. 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein the interface change execution unit transmits the data according to the amount or type of data by using any one of a communication method of SMS, MMS, and wireless Internet. A mobile communication terminal having a wireless communication unit and a control unit, an input unit, a memory, and a display unit connected to a personalized GUI providing system through a mobile communication network, An interface element storage unit for storing interface elements constituting the GUI; An interface information processing unit for updating the GUI according to the received interface change information when the interface change information is received from the personalized GUI providing system through the wireless communication unit; And updating the personalized GUI. 8. The method of claim 7, Wherein the interface information processing unit includes at least one of a change control signal of an installed element of the mobile communication terminal and an interface element not installed in the mobile communication terminal, If the interface change information is a change control signal of an installed interface element, the interface information processing unit updates the GUI of the mobile communication terminal using the installed interface element, If the interface change information is an interface element not installed in the mobile communication terminal, updates the GUI using the downloaded interface element, And updates the GUI by combining the interface elements of the interface element storage unit when the interface change information includes both the change control signal and the interface element. A method of providing a personalized GUI to a mobile communication terminal, the personalized GUI providing system being connected to a mobile communication network and having a terminal interface element database, A first step of determining interface element combination information according to a personalization variable of a user of the mobile communication terminal to be changed, when the GUI is changed; A second step of extracting an interface element to be transmitted from the interface information database to the terminal according to the interface element combination information; And A third step of the interface change executor sending interface change information including the extracted interface element to the mobile communication terminal so that the mobile communication terminal updates the GUI; The method of claim 1, further comprising: 10. The method of claim 9, Further comprising the step of determining whether or not it is time to change the GUI of the mobile communication terminal by monitoring user information of the mobile communication terminal in the personalized GUI providing system before the first step A method for providing a personalized GUI. 11. The method of claim 10, The step of confirming whether or not the GUI of the mobile communication terminal is to be changed includes a step of checking whether the interface information processing unit is a predetermined interface element management cycle and comparing the user context information stored in the personalization variable database, And confirming whether or not the mobile communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal. 10. The method of claim 9, After the second step, before the third step, Determining a communication method of transmitting interface change information according to the extracted interface element and the interface element combination information to a mobile communication terminal; Checking whether the GUI is changed by the user; If the user's confirmation is completed and the condition for changing the GUI to the user is satisfied, proceeding to the third step; The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 13. The method of claim 12, Wherein the determining of the communication method for transmitting the interface change information according to the extracted interface element and the interface element combination information to the mobile communication terminal comprises: Wherein the determining step determines the communication method of one of the SMS, the MMS, and the wireless Internet according to the amount or type of data of the interface element and the interface change information to be transmitted.

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